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Moses his choice with his eye fixed upon Heaven, discovering the happy condition of…
Moses his choice with his eye fixed upon Heaven, discovering the happy condition of a self-denying heart, delivered in a treatise upon Hebrews II, 25, 26 / by Jeremiah Burroughs.
London: printed by John Field, 1650
Moses his Choice. › Part 1 › Chapter 8: Eleven Rules for preparation to suffer afflictions.
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Sixthly, self-ends must be denied; we must aim at God, and not at our selves, in all our ways, and then how easy will it be for us to bear crosses, considering that Gods ends do go on, though our ends be 1crossed?
Sixthly, self-ends must be denied; we must aim at God, and not at our selves, in all our ways, and then how easie will it be for us to bear crosses, considering that Gods ends do go on, though our ends be 1crossed?
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Thirdly, be sure to lay a good foundation, in a 1through work of humiliation: the more thou art willing to bear Gods hand in the work of humiliation for sin, the lighter will all the burdens of afflictions be unto thee; the seed that fell upon the stony ground withered; and although for a while it was received with joy, yet when tribulation and persecution ariseth, by and by he is offended, Mat. 13. 21. Mark the expression of the Holy Ghost there, by and by, he is presently offended, and all because there was not ⟨p. 74⟩depth of earth, there was not a through work of humiliation. We read, Acts 9. 16. that God would show S. Paul, what great things he must suffer for his Names sake: and how did God prepare his heart? You shall find in the former part of the Chapter, that God smote him down to the ground, his heart was smote lower then his body; he comes trembling and astonished before the Lord, saying, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? He was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink; this was a great preparation of his heart, to those great things he suffered afterwards. You think the burdens of afflictions great, because you never felt what the weight and burden of sin meant; I dare pawn my life for that soul, who constantly exerciseth it self in the work of humiliation for sin, who burdens it self with the weight of its sins, and is willing to lie under it, for the further breaking of spirit, that it shall be able to endure crosses, and stand under strong afflictions; and this must needs be so,